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Salem is a major park and ride center, with a 700-space parking garage, as well as an MBTA bus terminal. It is the busiest commuter rail station in the MBTA system outside of the central Boston stations, with an average of 2,326 daily boardings in a 2018 count. The Eastern Railroad opened between Salem and East Boston in August 1838. The first ...
never opened, built by the Boston and Maine Railroad: Martha's Vineyard Railroad: Oak Bluffs: South Beach: Nantucket Railroad: Nantucket: Siasconset: Southern New England Railway: Palmer: Rhode Island state line in Blackstone: never finished, built by the Grand Trunk Railway: Union Freight Railroad: connecting lines in downtown Boston
Two days later, the City of Salem formally granted the "Essex Railroad Company" an act of incorporation (with backing from the Eastern Railroad). This granted the construction of a railroad from Salem through to South and North Danvers, Middleton, and North Andover. It would also connect a proposed new city in Methuen which later became ...
Salem station may refer to: Salem station (MBTA), a rail station in Massachusetts, US; South Salem station, a proposed rail station in Massachusetts, US; Salem station (Oregon), a rail station in Oregon, US; Salem Junction railway station, a rail station in Tamil Nadu, India; Salem Town railway station, a rail station in Tamil Nadu, India
Whereas the Eastern had to ferry their passengers from East Boston across the harbor to get to and from Boston, many passengers preferred to take the B&M to Wakefield and go to Salem via the South Reading. In 1851, the Eastern Railroad, fearing that the B&M would take over the South Reading, in self-defense took over the line at steep cost.
A South Salem station would serve Salem State University, the North Shore Medical Center, and residential areas south of downtown Salem — some of which were served by the pre-1987 station, but only by the 455 and 459 buses thereafter.
The impetus for the for Northern Tier Passenger Rail Study came with the passage of the 2019 Massachusetts Transportation Bond Bill (Chapter 90 of the Acts of 2019). [12] [13] [14] This legislation instructed the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to conduct a comprehensive study of passenger rail service along the Northern Tier ...
Airport station is located in East Boston at the western edge of Logan International Airport within the interchange of Interstate 90 and Massachusetts Route 1A. It has two side platforms serving the two tracks of the Blue Line, which runs approximately northeast–southwest at street level through the station.